Chapter 1160: Betty's suggestion

Chapter 1160 Betty's Suggestion

"From the current situation, simply starting the construction of Queen Elizabeth-class battleships and Vengeance-class battleships cannot solve the empire’s dilemma. We are just mass-producing a weapon that is considered inefficient, and trying to use the number to flatten our opponents is unrealistic. Yes. Because our shipbuilding speed will never be as fast as our opponent. Maybe in a few minutes, a battleship that took nearly three years to complete will be destroyed by a properly positioned hit."

"At the same time, considering the long construction period of capital ships, we are in an endless loop. We continue to control the performance of warships in order to have as many warships as possible, and these poorly-performing warships are easy to easily in the battlefield. Lost. And designing a brand-new warship will also waste too much time. Therefore, we must now seek a brand-new combat method to balance out the German fleet advantage, and I think the most feasible and effective way is currently Use long-range bombers to bomb important ports along the German North Sea, including Wilhelmshaven!"

At the time of writing, Betty felt a bit of excitement, and he was now imagining the scene when swarms of bombers flew over the North Sea and suddenly landed on top of the German fleet! In the fear and helpless gaze of the Germans, a bomb broke off the pylon and landed on the German battleships quietly anchored in the harbor. With the skyrocketing fire and violent explosions, the German fleet that once shamed the Royal Navy was wiped out. Well, it feels great!

The Germans can use airships to bomb London, so why can't the British use airplanes to bomb Wilhelmshaven? It is true that the German aircraft taking off from Belgium has greatly reduced the range, but with the advancement of technology, the British V1500 bomber also has the ability to bomb Wilhelmshaven from the British mainland and France! Really think that the V1500, which has been in the air for more than 17 hours, is a joke?

In addition to being hot temperament, energetic, and rhythmic, Betty is also big enough. And during this period of leisure, Betty was not idle either. He collected information on various battlefields and analyzed them, among which the Air Force was the most important. Because the initial advice of the Admiralty was to throw him to a naval airport for retirement... And Betty discovered a problem after contacting these materials, that is, the size of the larger aircraft is almost proportional to the survival rate on the battlefield...

This is particularly obvious on the Western Front. On the whole, the German and British and French air forces are now only hitting half a catty. Germany has excellent aircraft performance and complete systems, while the British and French air forces have too many... In the absence of a large number of fighters or professional interceptor units to intercept, large twin-engine and four-engine bombers such as V400 and V1500 are almost like dragons in the air!

And Betty, who realized this, thought, could such a bomber formation be organized to bomb the German naval base in depth? Anyway, judging from the current situation, the German Navy does not have a large number of land-based aircraft, and the air defense system is not perfect, and the German Navy can only be stationed in Wilhelmshaven in the North Sea. As long as this nest can be beaten, it will lose the fleet base. The German Navy does not even have a self-sufficient point, so naturally it can no longer pose a threat to the Royal Navy! Of course, it would be great if all those incredible Bavaria could be blown into the harbor!

"Our navy has experimented with the use of seaplanes to carry torpedoes to attack targets, and has achieved results. We can fully carry forward this tactic and use a large number of torpedo aircraft motherships carrying torpedo aircraft to approach German ports in the dark at dawn. At the time, the seaplane took off and launched a sudden lightning strike on the port facilities and internal ships. Then, before the other side reacted, return to the starting point, and then the seaplane carrier would perform recovery operations. In this way, we can make up for the shortage of heavy bombers. , And can continue to attack the German Navy, the cost of such an attack is much lower than we thought, and the efficiency will be better than the expendable attack of the German fleet on the Royal Navy!"

In the second part of the report, Betty put forward the idea of ​​using seaplanes to lightning strike the German fleet in the port. The most attractive part of this plan is its low cost and high efficiency! After all, the battleship used is a cheap seaplane carrier, and the seaplane is much cheaper than the heavy V1500 bomber, and it is not afraid of battle damage. And if torpedoes are used, their lethality is obviously greater than that of ordinary bombs!

In actual history, Betty actually proposed the idea of ​​using Britain's first aircraft carrier, the Fury, to attack warships in German naval bases. But because the aircraft carrier was in service too late and the war ended a bit early, in the end, Betty's predictable brain hole was realized in the Mediterranean more than 20 years later. But from this point of view, Betty’s ideas are sometimes very advanced and predictable.

Then Betty calculated an account for the Admiralty in her report. As a senior in the Navy, Betty naturally knew where the best entry point was, that is, fuel consumption and shipbuilding funding! Now a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship costs 3 million pounds (inflation plus rush costs). However, the large fleet consumes at least several thousand tons of fuel at a time ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ As the prince said, the frequent dispatch of the Royal Navy fleet is a huge consumption for the current Britain.

And the plane? The fuel consumption of a seaplane is generally only a few hundred kilograms. And the cost of a battleship can be hundreds of aircraft. The seaplane carrier can be modified with ordinary civilian ships, so from the perspective of economy and loss, it is not difficult to build such a fleet, and the construction period is very short, which can quickly form combat effectiveness.

As a politically versed old fritters, Betty’s article also caters to the needs of the Navy. The Royal Navy, which has already tasted the benefits of aircraft, wants to further expand the size of its air force, and this expansion requires reasons. ! Betty's plan to use the air force to attack surface warships undoubtedly gave Churchill and others the best excuse! So, based on this alone, no matter it is Churchill, Fisher or Jericho, they will fully support it!

"We will fight the German Navy in a brand new field beyond the Germans' imagination, and this time, the British Empire, which is at the forefront of history, will surely become the victor!" At the end of the article, Betty wrote!

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